FXUS64 KLIX 041806
AFDLIX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1206 PM CST FRI DEC 4 2009

.AVIATION...
A FEW BREAKS HAS OCCURRED IN THE DECK OF LOW CLOUDS OVER THE AREA. MVFR
CIGS WILL COME BACK INTO PLAY AT MCB...BTR...MSY...AND GPT TERMINALS AS
THE MAIN SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN MAY AFFECT
BTR...MSY AND MCB AROUND 21Z AND GPT AROUND 00Z. AS THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING PROGRESS... THERE WILL EVENTUALLY BE A CHANGE OVER TO
A RASN MIX AND THEN SN IN OUR NW...MAINLY MCB/BTR BETWEEN 00 AND
03Z SAT. OTHER AIRPORTS LIKE HDC AND ASD WILL SEE A CHANGE OVER TO
MIX DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH GPT POSSIBLY
FOLLOWING SUIT SHORTLY AFTER. MSY SHOULD REMAIN RA BUT WOULD NOT
BE SURPRISED TO SEE -SN MIXED IN WITH THE RA AT TIMES OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT...VERY SLIM CHANCE. CIGS SHOULD STAY VFR TO OCCASIONALLY MVFR
DURING THE PRECIPITATION...HOWEVER...VSBYS SHOULD DROP TO MOSTLY
MVFR WITH PERIODIC IFR DURING ANY MODERATE PRECIPITATION. VRF
CONDITIONS WILL RETURN AS DRY AIR WILL ERODE MOISTURE FROM WEST TO
EAST WITH NO CEILING AT ALL TAF SITES BY 15Z SAT. 18

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.LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
LA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM SATURDAY FOR 
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: ASCENSION...EAST BATON ROUGE...EAST 
     FELICIANA...IBERVILLE...LIVINGSTON...POINTE COUPEE...ST. 
     HELENA...ST. TAMMANY...TANGIPAHOA...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON 
     ROUGE...AND WEST FELICIANA. 

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM SATURDAY FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS. 

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST 
     PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL 
     WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE 
     MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE 
     SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER 
     ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS 
     FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER 
     ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM. 

MS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM SATURDAY FOR 
     THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 
     AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL 
     RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL...AND WILKINSON. 

GM...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 6 PM FRIDAY TO 6 AM SATURDAY FOR THE 
     FOLLOWING ZONES: AND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE MAUREPAS. 

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING 
     ZONES: COASTAL WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST 
     PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 20 TO 60 NM...COASTAL 
     WATERS FROM PASCAGOULA MS TO THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE 
     MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM...COASTAL WATERS FROM THE 
     SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER 
     ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM...AND COASTAL WATERS 
     FROM THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO LOWER 
     ATCHAFALAYA RIVER LA OUT 20 NM. 

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